Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I know through sex, but I mean how does a man have the virus in the first place to pass it? Where does it come from? Does it come from only men giving it to women? Just general questions about this, I'm just wondering how it evolves BEFORE sex, where it originates in men or whatever.How do men get HPV virus to pass onto women?I think you can ask the STD counselor at HerpesFinderHow do men get HPV virus to pass onto women?The virus is found equally in both men and women. A man can pass it to a woman if he has engaged in sex before...and a woman can pass it to a man if she has engaged in sex before.

Genital HPV types are very rare in people who have never engaged in any sexual contact.

Genital HPV types are primarily acquired through sex...vaginal and anal sex...and can be acquired through oral and hand to genital sex play. Fromit transmission could occur or from wearing unwashed underwear from an infected person....but neither of these methods of transmission have been proven. It is very rare for a mother to pass her genital HPV infection to her child through child birth鈥hen this type of transmission occurs it affects the child鈥檚 larynx or voice box.

The human papilloma virus has been around since the begining of time.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, a relative of this virus made

dinosaurs sprout warts. When our ancestors split from the apes up to

seven million years ago, the virus split with them. Among the earliest

modern humans, it was still multiplying, spreading and evolving.

Today, this virus, perhaps the oldest to afflict humankind, is causing

more suffering than at any time in its history. Although many kinds of

the virus - the human papillomavirus or HPV - still cause warts,

certain types are now known to cause cervical cancer, too, an idea

first suggested three decades ago by the German scientist Harald zur

Hausen.

The cancer was documented as long ago as the second century AD by the

Greek gynaecologist Soranus of Ephesus, but the death rate has risen

because women are living longer, giving more time and opportunity for

infection with the virus to trigger cancer. In recent years, however,

modern genetics has helped scientists to track down the remarkably

ancient origins of this invisible killer and provided the means to

fight it.HPV (human papilloma virus) has multiple strands but some cause cervical cancer. It is detected with a pap smear when abnormal changes occur in the cells of the cervix. As you may now, men don't have cervixes. Therefore it cannot originate in men.

HPV is an STI (sexually transmitted infection). It can only be passed from genital to genital contact. This means the only way for a man to have HPV would be through some sort of genital to genital contact or sexual intercourse. Men are carriers of the virus and since they do not have cervixes there is no way to test a man for HPV. A man can only contract HPV from a woman or from another man who has had some sort of sexual contact with women.

The strands that are non-cancerous tend to cause genital warts. Cancerous strands of HPV could show no symptoms which is why routine pap smears are so important.

YOU CANNOT GET HPV FROM WEARING UNWASHED UNDERWEAR FROM AN INFECTED PERSON OR SITTING ON THE TOILET AFTER AN INFECTED PERSON. THE VIRUS CANNOT SURVIVE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY LONG ENOUGH FOR THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS TO BE POSSIBLE. THE HPV VIRUS CAN ONLY SURVIVE IN DARK, MOIST PARTS OF THE BODY WHERE IT CAN EASILY MULTIPLY (I.E. THE GENITALS, ANUS AND MOUTH).

YOU CAN PASS HPV TO YOUR CHILD DURNING A VAGINAL BIRTH! THAT IS WHY AN OB/GYN WILL TEST AN EXPECTING MOTHER WITH MULTIPLE PAP SMEARS THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY. PROBLEMS CAN OCCUR IF A VAGINAL DELIVERY IS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WHEN THE MOTHER IS INFECTED WITH ANY STD OR STI, HPV INCLUDED.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus

A friend of my wife had a run-in with HPV. To get rid of HPV there are two procedures. One is to try to freeze off the layers of your cervix where the abnormal cells are detected (Cryosurgery) and the other is to burn off the layers of your cervix (LEEP: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure). Both are uncomfortable and not full-proof. Only a certain amount of layers can be removed before your cervix becomes too thin and causes problems especially during a pregnancy since it is your cervix that is basically holding the fetus inside of the uterus. Our friend is still trying to get rid of her HPV but it's not looking good for her because her boyfriend is a carrier so everytime they have intercourse she just gets it again.What is HPV?

What is Genital HPV Infection?

Genital human papillomavirus (also called HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). There are more than 40 HPV types that can infect the genital areas of males and females. These HPV types can also infect the mouth and throat. Most people who become infected with HPV do not even know they have it. HPV is not the same as herpes or HIV (the virus that causes AIDS). These are all viruses that can be passed on during sex, but they cause different symptoms and health problems.

How do people get HPV?

HPV is passed on through genital contact, most often during vaginal and anal sex. HPV may also be passed on during oral sex and genital-to-genital contact. HPV can be passed on between straight and same-sex partners鈥攅ven when the infected partner has no signs or symptoms.

A person can have HPV even if years have passed since he or she had sexual contact with an infected person. Most infected persons do not realize they are infected or that they are passing the virus on to a sex partner. It is also possible to get more than one type of HPV.

Very rarely, a pregnant woman with genital HPV can pass HPV to her baby during delivery. In these cases, the child can develop Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (JORRP)